Metal horn.



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APPLICATION FILED JAN.14, 1910f JOSEPH ADELOR DANIS, F BURLINGTON, VERMONT.

METAL HORN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January. 14, 1910. Serial No. 538,168.

Patented Aug. 16, 1910.

specification.

This invention relates to horns or ampli ml fiers for phonographic apparatus, and its object is to provide means for dampening the vibrations of said horn when made of 'metal, so that the tone of the instrument will be sweeter and smoother; The means which I use to accomplish this result com- :prise's acover for the horn madeof textile fabric and detachably secured to said horn. To insure a good fit, the cover is made in sections, provided with means for lacing them together, and at its lar er end said cover is also provided with ooks which catchover the edge of themetal horn and hold the cover ti htly stretched, and in close contactwith sai horn.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a metal horn or amplifier provided with my improved cover. Fig. 2 shows thesections from which the cover is made, and Fig. 3 is a view on a larger scale of one corner of a section showing the eyelets and hooks with which it is provided. v The horn 1 is made of metal in the customary bell-mouthed or flaring shape. The cover is composed of a plurality of sections 2 cut out of textile material. The combined the horn, while the combined lengths of the smaller ends a of said sectionswill just go around the small end of said horn. edges 5 of the sections are concaved so that the cover will snugly hug the horn throughout its entire length. Along said curved edges the sections are provided with eyelets 6 to receive the lacings 7 by which the sections are held together. When the completed cover is drawn over the horn, the hooks 8 along the large ends of the sections are pulled over the edges of the mouth of the horn, where they are retained by the elasticity of the textile fabric of which the length of the larger ends 3 of said sections is ]11St suflicient to encircle the mouth of- The cover is made, so that it will fit closely and smoothly all over the outer surface of the horn. It can be readily removed by disengaging the hooks and slipping it off over the small end of the horn, after removing the latter from the talking machine. Glaim:

The combination with the metal horn of a talking machine, of a detachable cover of textile material, composed of sections shaped to fit said horn snugly and laced together along their edges, and hooks at the larger end of said cover adapted to be engaged with the edge of the mouth of said horn and retained there by the elasticity of the material.

JOSEPH ADELOR DANIS. lVitnesses:

EDWARD DENNIS, ARTHUR DENNIS. 

